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Supporting Bilingual Literacy With Access and Empowerment in 2024
Read more: Supporting Bilingual Literacy With Access and Empowerment in 2024The key to supporting bilingual literacy in your schools Literacy Leaders — Bilingual students benefit from certain scaffolding and instructional techniques to access grade-level standards. You already know this, right? Here’s something new for 2024: Kids Read Now is expanding its program to better meet the needs of bilingual students and families. For you, this…
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The Key to Supporting Bilingual Literacy in your Schools for 2024-2025
Read more: The Key to Supporting Bilingual Literacy in your Schools for 2024-2025Bilingual books help families build reading habits that last As an educator, you play a crucial role in supporting your bilingual learners, helping them thrive in English and Spanish. To help you build their literacy skills across both languages, Kids Read Now is continually expanding our selection of bilingual books for your students to choose…
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Read-Alouds for Older Students — Worth it or Waste of Time?
Read more: Read-Alouds for Older Students — Worth it or Waste of Time?Evaluating the impact of read-alouds for older students (grades 4+) Just as educators like you use data for instructional decision-making, Kids Read Now turned to current research to answer the question: Is reading aloud to students after K-3 really worth it, or are we simply wasting valuable instructional time? Research is clear about the benefits…
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Kids Read Now Heats up the 2024 Summer Reading Program with Data-Driven Optimizations
Read more: Kids Read Now Heats up the 2024 Summer Reading Program with Data-Driven OptimizationsUpdates for summer 2024 mean greater reading gains and more motivation For summer 2024, Kids Read Now is ramping up efforts to revolutionize literacy for PK-5 students. Just like our educators, we continually analyze evidence to inform and optimize the Kids Read Now program. We’re all about using current research, like the Science of Reading,…
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Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 6: Motivation and Engagement
Read more: Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 6: Motivation and EngagementWithout student motivation and engagement, everything fails Before we reveal the special significance of student motivation and engagement, let’s look back and connect with the influences we previously explored. While it’s not essential to read all the articles before this one, you may find it gives both a more comprehensive picture and a more detailed…
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Enter Now to Win 25 Children’s Books for Your Classroom!
Read more: Enter Now to Win 25 Children’s Books for Your Classroom!Attention Curriculum Directors, Teachers, Literacy Coaches, and Reading Specialists at elementary schools across the United States! We're excited to present Kids Read Now's "March to Childhood Literacy Book Bag Giveaway," designed with you in mind. Join us in celebrating National Reading Month by entering for a chance to win one of five sets of book…
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Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 5: Caregiver Support
Read more: Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 5: Caregiver SupportLiteracy Leaders: Welcome to the fifth article in our six-part series on Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size. In this installment, you are challenged to think about your school or schools from the angle of parent or caregiver support and the effect that has on your students’ reading progress. What’s eye-opening is just how…
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Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 4: Independent Reading Practice
Read more: Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 4: Independent Reading PracticeMaking a habit out of reading practice can be the key to proficiency Literacy Leaders: This is part 4 of a 6 part series on accelerating reading progress using Dr. John Hattie’s Visible Learning principles. Part 1 provides an overview of high effect sizes. Next, Part 2 focuses on comprehension influences. Then, Part 3 focuses…
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Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 3: Fluency Influences
Read more: Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 3: Fluency InfluencesDon’t leave fluency behind — it matters more than you think Congrats, literacy leaders! You’ve officially made it halfway through the Latest in Literacy blog’s series on high-impact influences that accelerate reading. You’re just in time, no doubt, to tweak your schools’ trajectories before spring benchmarking and EOY assessments. In our previous article, you zoomed…
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Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 2: Comprehension Influences
Read more: Accelerating Reading Progress with High Effect Size – Part 2: Comprehension InfluencesRacing toward assessments, literacy leaders can strategically accelerate reading — now! In our previous article, we dipped into the deep well of research studied by John Hattie in his groundbreaking meta-analyses, called Visible Learning. Today, you’ll dive deeper into one of the most important aspects of successful literacy. In fact, it might be the most…